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Principal Investigator(s):Wilmoth, John R., University of California-Berkeley; Shkolnikov, Vladimir, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Summary:

The Human Mortality Database (HMD) was created to provide
detailed mortality and population data to researchers, students,
journalists, policy analysts, and others interested in the history of
human longevity. The project began as an outgrowth of earlier projects
in the Department of Demography at the University of California,
Berkeley, USA, and at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic
Research in Rostock, Germany. It is the work of two teams of
researchers in the USA and Germany. The main go... (more info)

The Human Mortality Database (HMD) was created to provide
detailed mortality and population data to researchers, students,
journalists, policy analysts, and others interested in the history of
human longevity. The project began as an outgrowth of earlier projects
in the Department of Demography at the University of California,
Berkeley, USA, and at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic
Research in Rostock, Germany. It is the work of two teams of
researchers in the USA and Germany. The main goal of the database is
to document the longevity revolution of the modern era and to
facilitate research into its causes and consequences. At present, the
database contains detailed data for a collection of 26 countries. The
countries involved are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada,
Czech Republic, Denmark, the total and civilian populations of England
and Wales, Finland, France, Germany, West Germany, East Germany,
Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithunia, Netherlands, the
Maori and Non-Maori populations of New Zealand, Norway, Russia,
Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.

Access Notes

These data are not available from NACDA. Users should consult the data owners directly (via Human Mortality Database)
for details on obtaining these resources.

Study Description

Funding

This study was funded by:

United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Aging